Fire crews rushed to the scene of a fire after a flat was allegedly set alight in St Austell. The incident took place at abput 4am on Wednesday (March 28) in a flat above McColl's convenience store on Slades Road.

A man from Camborne has been charged with arson.

A spokesman for Devon and Cornwall Police said: "Police are investigating reports of an incident of arson which happened on Slades Road in St Austell at around 4.10am on Wednesday, March 28.